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idkfa 8 points ago +10 / -2

Putin is a KGB agent, for crying out loud.
There aren't former KGB agents.
Also under Putin the number of schools and hospitals literally halved and people have been leaving Russia in droves.
Also he's been rigging Russian elections since 2011.

Russia = good.

Putin = bad

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Worldtraveler0405 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yea, I guess so. Although, he is credited righteously for saving Russia from the brink of disaster with the Chechnya War in the 90s and reviving the country with an economic boom and else during the 2000-2014 period ... before the nonsense in Ukraine happening.

Also, yes, Putin is a former KGB agent. However, he was neither top-ranked (e.g. stationed in Dresden as a Colonel) and he actually left the Communist Party in the early 90s being disgruntled with what they did to Yeltsin etc. He actually worked as a Cab Driver for a while, before coming back into Politics.

Oliver Stone has an interesting documentary on him.